Royal Academy of Music, Aarhus/Aalborg

Royal Academy of Music

Det Jyske Musikkonservatorium
The Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus.
Type	Music school
Established	1927
Rector	Claus Olesen[1] (2020)
Administrative staff	200
Students	350
Location	Aarhus and Aalborg , Denmark
Website	http://www.musikkons.dk

The Royal Academy of Music (Danish: Det Jyske Musikkonservatorium) in Aarhus and Aalborg, Denmark, is a conservatoire and state institution under the auspices of the Danish Ministry of Culture, charged with responsibility for the further education courses in music, and for otherwise contributing to the promotion of musical culture in Denmark. The school is under the patronage of King Frederik X.

The headquarters of the Royal Academy of Music is situated in Aarhus, in a building designed by architectural firm C. F. Møller Architects, completed in 2007. It was built as an extension of Musikhuset Aarhus, the Aarhus Concert Hall.

The new headquarters for the Royal Academy of Music, North Denmark in Aalborg was completed in 2014 and is called Musikkens Hus. It was partially designed by the Scandinavian branch of architectural firm Coop Himmelb(l)au.